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placename:- Kelton and Knockmurton Mines
site name:- Murton Fell
site name:- Kelton Fell
site name:- Kelton Park
parish Lamplugh parish, once in Cumberland
county:- Cumbria
iron mine; mine
coordinates:- NY095190
coordinates:- NY095180
coordinates:- NY085183
10Km square:- NY01
References Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells: Dalesman Books (Lancaster, Lancashire):: ISBN 0 85206 931 6

1Km square NY0919

System of haematite mines begun about 1853; prosperous from 1870s to 1914; worked out and abandoned 1914, but reworked 1920s.
Adams, John: 1988: Mines of the Lake District Fells: Dalesman Books (Lancaster, Lancashire):: ISBN 0 85206 931 6

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